Straight to the POINT

▪ FACE masks must be worn on public transport from next week. Why not from today?

TERRY CALDON, Thanet, Kent.

▪ BEN STOKES is a great cricketer, but have we not learned from Botham and Flintoff to protect the best all-rounder from captaincy stress?

MIKE BARNES, Chester.

▪ WHAT madness to wait for hours in idling cars for fast food.

HOWARD ASHTON, Pengam, Gwent.

▪ FIRST it was ‘Stay home’, then ‘Stay alert’. Now it’s ‘No sex, please, we’re English’.

BOB BELL, Croydon, Surrey.

▪ THE winner of the TV presenter’s best working from home background award is Jo Wheeler of Sky News: a cute dog, grand piano and the obligatory bookcase.

COLIN BISHOP, Paignton, Devon.

÷ IT BEGGARS belief that planning permission was granted for homes on crumbling cliffs.

L. GILES, Coventry.

÷ I WAS luckier with my Greek soulmate (Letters). We had 36 incredible years together.

E. CHRISTE, Holmfirth, W. Yorks.

▪ IF WE’RE only allowed a tipple in the afternoon (Mail), what am I going to have on my cornflakes?

JEAN COOPER, Bletchley, Bucks.

▪ IT’S time the phrase get-go was get-gone.

S. JARVIS, Kedington, Suffolk.

▪ COULD everyone go back to work? It’s difficult to get a tee time.

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